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Hi people!
I am going to visit London in August and I need some help in planning the trip to the city because my flight arrive at Luton airport at 23:30hs.
I think that tube is not operating at this time, and I need to arrive at Earls Court station, but I don't know how to do this.
Is there anyone who could help me? Maybe there is someone who knows how to arrive there at night with public transport.
Thank you very much, at all.
Alícia
www.london-luton.co.uk is the website for the airport. Click on "to and from the airport". The train is not an option. I could not get the green Line bus link to work. There is an EasyBus which runs 24 hours a day, which will take you to London Victoria. You will need to book a seat. From there you will have to take a taxi to Earl's Court Station. www.tfl.org.uk is the site for London Transport and it has a very good Travel Planner. It may be that there is a night bus that will go from Victoria to Earl's Court Station and you can find this out by doing a travel planner journey for the hours that you think you will ned to travel from Victoria to Earl's Court Station.
You won't be out of the airport much before 0030. To get into London you'll need to take the bus. Details here:
http://www.londontoolkit.com/travel/luton_rail.htm
(scroll down). There is a timetable link as well, but buses run roughly every 30 minutes.
You are right to think that the Tube will not be operating by the time you get to London itself (the airport bus takes about 75 minutes). Look on the journeyplanner here:
http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk
which will give you info about what night buses are available at the time/place you are arrive. I think it will be easiest if you get off the airport bus at Hyde Park Corner but others may know better.
Thank you for your information, there has been really useful.
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